A straight razor shave at Oak & Iron
Chapter One — The Ritual

A quiet
discipline
of edge & oil.

Oak & Iron is a barber lounge built around a single idea — that the half-hour spent in our chair should feel like the most considered moment of your week.

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02 — Philosophy

We do not chase the new. We refine what already works — hot lather, honed steel, an unhurried hand. What we offer is not a haircut. It is a small reclamation of time.

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Honed by hand
—02
Sourced locally
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Cut without rush
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Served neat
03 — The Menu

Five
services.
Nothing more.

We keep the menu short on purpose. Every service is performed by the same hands that perform every other.

I

The Cut

Consultation, scissor and clipper work, hot towel finish.

45 min
$65
II

Straight Razor

Two-pass shave with hot towels, pre-shave oil and balm.

30 min
$55
III

Beard Architecture

Shape, line and condition. Trimmed against the grain.

30 min
$45
IV

The Reserve

Cut, shave, scalp ritual, bourbon. Our full house service.

90 min
$140
V

Father & Son

Two chairs. Two cuts. One quiet hour together.

75 min
$95
04 — The Hands

The men who
hold the steel.

Henrik Vasse, Master Barber
Henrik Vasse
Master Barber · Founder
01

Twenty years of straight razors, learned in Copenhagen, sharpened in Portland.

Marcus Adeyemi, Senior Stylist
Marcus Adeyemi
Senior Stylist
02

Texture specialist. Builds fades the way an architect draws elevations — with intention.

The Oak & Iron lounge interior
05 — The Room

Walnut, brass,
low light.

Six chairs. A long oak bar. A short list of bourbons. The room was designed by the same hands that built it — over fourteen months, in the upstairs of an 1894 ironworks.

Address
412 Iron Lane
Portland, OR
Hours
Tue — Sat
10 — 8
06 — The Apothecary

Made in
small batches.

A short shelf of products, blended in our backroom, poured by hand into amber glass. Used on every guest. Sold to those who ask.

  • N°01Oak Pre-Shave OilCedar · Black Pepper$32
  • N°02Iron Beard BalmVetiver · Tobacco$28
  • N°03House PomadeMedium Hold · Matte$26
  • N°04Bay Rum AftershaveBay · Clove · Bourbon$34
House grooming products
07 — The Ledger

A standing
appointment,
in perpetuity.

The Ledger is our membership — one cut and one shave each month, two bourbons on the house, and a key to the back room. Forty seats, no more.

08 — Said of us
The closest shave I've had since my grandfather's. I now plan my month around the appointment.
T. Whitfield · Member since 2018
It is the only room in the city where my phone stays in my pocket the entire hour.
J. Okafor · Member since 2021
Henrik does not cut hair so much as resolve it. There is a difference.
M. Salinas · Member since 2016
09 — Reserve

Sit down.
Stay a while.

Appointments by telephone or letter. We answer both. Walk-ins are welcome when the room allows.

Telephone
503 · 412 · 1894
Correspondence
chair@oakandiron.co